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Nina Turner’s Loss Holds Lessons for Future Left Candidates

A flood of dark money and establishment opposition helped sink Turner’s campaign—but progressive challengers can still win if they learn from the defeat while running on a redistributive platform.

Natalie Shure

Organic Farmers Hurt by Trump Administration Hope for a 'Level Playing Field'

The Biden administration is considering reviving organic farming rules Trump killed. Now all eyes are on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as he weighs whether to bring the rule back.

Julian Emerson

Feature

Tenants Aren't Waiting for the Biden Admin to Save Them

Here's how tenant organizers are mobilizing locally to stem the housing crisis.

Annie Howard

Labor

The Pandemic Made the Divide Between Ruling and Working Class Clearer Than Ever

A conversation with world-renowned economist Richard D. Wolff.

Maximillian Alvarez

VIDEO: Factory Farming is Pushing Independent Farmers to the Edge of Extinction

Government and industry incentives have accelerated the death of the independent farm — rural residents like Kristy Allen are "literally at ground zero."

Maximillian Alvarez, Cameron Granadino and Hannah Faris

Labor

At a Massive Union Rally, the Promise of a Better South

Striking mine workers in Alabama bring together the whole wide world.

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

"Band Aid Over a Bullet Wound": Moratorium Leaves Organizers Relieved, But Braced for New Battles

Activists sound a note of cautious celebration, but say far more is needed to address this country's staggering housing crisis.

Bryce Covert

Labor

The Climate Crisis Is Coming for Undocumented Farmworkers First

Facing deadly heat waves and few protections, undocumented agricultural workers are being pushed to their limit.

Maurizio Guerrero

Labor

A Bold Experiment in Working-Class Journalism

Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is listen.

Lauren Schandevel

Viewpoint

Democrats Will Never Stop Triangulating Against Justice

Running against "defund the police" is both cowardly and wrong. Democratic leaders find that irresistible.

Hamilton Nolan

Congress and Biden Allowed the Eviction Ban to Expire, So Cori Bush and AOC Are Raising Hell

Members of the Squad are participating in a sit-in outside of the Capitol demanding that the House reconvene in order to restore the moratorium to protect millions of Americans from being evicted.

Jake Johnson

Watch live online: “An Honest Look at the Climate Crisis” with Bill McKibben

Join us live online for our 45th Anniversary Celebration & Raffle, featuring Bill McKibben and Noam Chomsky.

In These Times Staff

ViewpointRural America

Dear Congress: Say No to Water Privatization in the Infrastructure Bill

Water costs have soared in recent years as federal funding for water infrastructure has shrunk. Privatization is the last thing we need.

Rural America In These Times

Labor

Work Doesn't Have to Destroy Your Soul

How worker cooperatives are creating direct democracy on the job.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge

Biden's much-anticipated workplace safety rule excludes most workers—and some in the labor movement are not happy.

Christopher D. Cook

Feature

Congress Tried To Force Trump to End the Yemen War. Now They’ll Have To Do the Same With Biden.

Activists say it's not enough to trust Biden's promises to end U.S. support for the war: Congress must compel him.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Grief Belongs in Social Movements. Can We Embrace It?

A Black activist reflects on intergenerational trauma, community, and coming to terms with death in movement building.

Malkia Devich-Cyril

Climate

Biden's Climate Pledges Are Incompatible with His Belligerence Toward China

Bipartisan saber rattling and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.

Lorah Steichen